Case Name Citation Year Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction ▲
Barrett v. McAllister 33 W. Va. 738 1890 1 West Virginia
White v. Tennant 31 W. Va. 790 1888 1 West Virginia
Alkire v. Alkire 33 W. Va. 517 1890 1 West Virginia
Criss v. Criss 28 W. Va. 388 1886 1 West Virginia
Smith v. Smith 138 W. Va. 388 1953 1 West Virginia
Ward v. Ward's Heirs 40 W. Va. 611 1895 1 West Virginia
State ex rel. Spiker v. West Virginia Racing Commission 135 W. Va. 512 1951 1 West Virginia
State v. Haymond 84 W. Va. 292 1919 1 West Virginia
Bank of Mill Creek v. Elk Horn Coal Corp. 133 W. Va. 639 1950 1 West Virginia
Fisher v. Flanagan Coal Co. 86 W. Va. 460 1920 1 West Virginia
Gillespie v. Allen 37 W. Va. 675 1893 1 West Virginia
Robinson v. Welty 40 W. Va. 385 1895 1 West Virginia
Fisher v. Poling 78 W. Va. 289 1916 1 West Virginia
Layne v. Ohio River R'd 35 W. Va. 438 1891 1 West Virginia
Heath v. Johnson 36 W. Va. 782 1892 1 West Virginia
Mahany v. Kephart 15 W. Va. 609 1879 1 West Virginia
Tufts v. Copen 37 W. Va. 623 1893 1 West Virginia
Moore v. Douglass 14 W. Va. 708 1879 1 West Virginia
State v. Plants 25 W. Va. 119 1884 1 West Virginia
Steele v. Harkness 9 W. Va. 13 1876 1 West Virginia